Re: {OT} norfolk & va beach -->joke<--
- From: ames@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Andrew Stephenson)
- Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 15:04:46 GMT
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REMOVETHISbadgolferman@xxxxxxxxx "badgolferman" writes:
> Andrew Stephenson, 1/16/2006,8:49:21 PM, wrote:
>
> > Many place names are
> > old enough for their pronounciation to have become eccentric in
> > a way that has to be experienced. Thus "Costessey" is "Cossy",
> > "Happisburgh" is "Haze-boro" and "Wymondham" is "Wind'm".
>
> You ought to go to Louisiana and see how they pronounce some of
> their towns as compared to how they're spelled.
Could be. OTOH the rest of the time Norfolk (UK) folks speak and
write a language very similar to normal English. I imagine those
Louisiana place-name-oddities have an unfair advantage there. ;-)
--
Andrew Stephenson
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